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Recently accused of being conciliatory toward Democrats, Hatch's actions in the hearings have been puzzling. His questions about Ginsburg's unclear stand on Roe v. Wade have been sharp and unyielding, but his vote seems still to reside with the nominee. However, he might try to repudiate those vile...

Author: By Daniel Altman, | Title: A Different Kind of Motley Crew | 7/27/1993 | See Source »

Supporters of the striker replacement act claim that the power to hire replacement is too great and employed too often. But the truth is that replacement workers are rarely hired during strikes; this happens only if workers are unyielding and unreasonable in their demands. The General Accounting Office, in a...

Author: By George Wang, | Title: Labor Bills: Paved With Good Intentions | 7/27/1993 | See Source »

Boyz was essentially a story of young men trapped in an unyielding ghetto environment, pretty much hopelessly waiting for its endemic, random violence to strike them down. In his new movie he obviously wanted to explore emotional territory new to him. It is about a young woman named Justice (Janet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Love N The Hood | 7/26/1993 | See Source »

Mostly, though, the new terrorists are a collection of groups that form, change and regroup, operating with some coordination and perhaps prompted or even financed by a state -- Iran and Sudan are the leading suspects currently -- but not really controlled or directed by anyone. "Inspiration may play the same role...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New York City: The Terror Within | 7/5/1993 | See Source »

Koon's roughhewn rhetoric reminded some onlookers of the unyielding officer played by Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men and seemed likely to polarize jurors the way that character polarized moviegoers. But the defense does not need to win acquittal; it is almost as effective to persuade enough to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Putting Justice in the Dock | 4/19/1993 | See Source »

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